Our weather has been nothing less than wonky this year but the heat is in full swing now. We’re averaging around 110 degrees and some god-awful humidity has descended upon us. What a horrible, horrible thing humidity is. Every year for the past several years, we’ve managed to bump up the temperature setting on our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘energy’
Heat and Gardenaut
The heat is upon us. Not even fully. The weekend temps hit 104 degrees (city-wide average). Our house tends to register a little higher than average and we still have another 10 degrees to go. We’ve been managing by applying as many of these summer cooling tips as possible and using our swamp cooler. Justin [...]
Green Meme #3
Guidelines: 1) Link to Green Meme Bloggers. 2) Link back to whoever tagged you. (no need to wait to be tagged!) 3) Include meme number 4) Include these guidelines in your post 5) Tag 3 other green bloggers. Green Meme #3 1. Are you keeping your temperature (heating/cooling) systems on low? If you have radiators [...]
Saving Power
I always thought I did pretty well at conserving energy, but this year we’ve kicked that into high gear. Well, last year’s efforts look abysmal compared to this year. – Our gas usage this time last year: 11 therms – Our gas usage this month: 8 therms That’s about a 25% decrease by line drying [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
